I drove to Las Vegas through Boulder City this past weekend. I noticed that there were several old passenger cars, along with some older freight cars, and even a locomotive or two parked on sidings in Boulder City. Most were in poor condition but there was at least one locomotive that looked like it was in rather nice condition. According to the railroad map I have, the only route out of Boulder City is towards Las Vegas.
When we drove on towards Las Vegas, we crossed the "track" at Railroad Pass. I call it "track" because there was no track. It had been taken out, but the crossing signals were still there, with a sign that said "exempt". I wonder why the crossing signals are still there if there is no longer any track, but my main question is about the rolling stock in Boulder City. It seems to me that it is trapped there with no connection to any railroad system. Does anybody know about this?
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Posted by cajon (Member # 40) on :
Could have seen the Nevada RR Museum. They have plans to operate on that "track." Cars & locos are currently being restored.
Posted by MPALMER (Member # 125) on :
Konstantin,
I went through there several years ago and noticed some of that also. Sometimes they leave old signals up because it is a low priority to remove them if they can't be re-used elsewhere. As for the equipment, it is part of the Nevada RR Museum. Here is a link: http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm06.htm
MP
Posted by Konstantin (Member # 18) on :
Thank you. I looked through the website. I hope that the Nevada Railroad Museum succeeds. I had not heard of it before.
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